Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$66,848
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$15,622
18.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$68,791
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$82,470
Kept after tax
$66,848
Worth in national money
$68,791
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Texas is 26 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $82,470. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Texas. It ranks 103 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Texas costs about what the country costs, so from $82,470, take-home of $66,848 is worth roughly $68,791 in national money. The average comes to $95,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Texas ranks 26 of 49 for biological science teachers, postsecondary at $82,470. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Texas, biological science teachers, postsecondary ranks 103 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Texas is near the national base, so for biological science teachers, postsecondary, whose median is $82,470, the adjusted figure of $68,791 differs little from $66,848 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $95,570 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,210 |
| This salary | $82,470 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Texas | $66,848 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $66,848 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,174 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $82,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,138 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $82,470 as a midpoint for Texas, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,320 and the ninetieth is $159,210 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Texas's $66,848, worked from $82,470. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 103 of 493.
- One number stands for prices across all of Texas, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $68,791, the adjusted value of that $82,470 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 103 of 493 in the state.
- The Texas median of $82,470 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,320 to $159,210. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Texas take-home of $66,848, on $82,470 for work ranking 103 of 493 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 103 of 493 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Texas, so $68,791 — the adjusted value of that $82,470 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 103 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $95,570 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $50,320, the highest tenth $159,210, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Texas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $68,791 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $66,848 of this wage reaches your account, because Texas takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Texas is $95,570. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($50,320) and the ninetieth ($159,210) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Texas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $68,791 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $66,848 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.